November 22, 2016

Quack Doctor Nabbed After 11 Years of Practice in Lagos... says only 2 people have died

The police in Lagos on Monday paraded a "quack" doctor, Celestine Yolonfun, who was arrested in the Apapa area of the state. 32-year-old Yolonfun had been practising as a doctor since 2005 after he dropped out of a nursing school in Benin Republic.

He was arrested by operatives of the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, Yaba.

It was said that a pregnant woman, who was due for delivery, allegedly died in Yolonfun’s hospital, and her husband reported the doctor to the police.
Police went to Yolonfun’s hospital - Be Well Hospital - on Liverpool Road, Apapa, and arrested him.

Yolonfun, who hails from Badagry, Lagos, told Punch that he had been practising since 2005 and only two patients had died in his hospital.

The suspect confessed that he paid a colleague N70,000 to obtain fake certificates of the Nigerian Medical Association and that of the University of Ibadan.

He said, “I have been practising since 2005. I did not attend any school in Nigeria. I went to the Benin Republic. I sat for the General Certificate Education two years ago. I wanted to attend a university in Nigeria to study Medicine. But my wife fell sick and I could not.

“I dropped out of a nursing school in Benin Republic. I came back to Nigeria in 2004, and I started the hospital in 2005. Since I started the hospital, which takes care of general ailments, only two persons had died in the hospital. The first patient died in 2013.

“The second patient was that woman who died penultimate Saturday. The woman was pregnant. She also had high blood pressure. After giving her the initial treatment, I planned to refer her to a bigger hospital, but she died before I could move her. Her baby also died.”

Lagos Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, said police had contacted all the medical associations the suspect claimed to be registered with and they had confirmed him to be a fake doctor.

He said, “The suspect was arrested and was found to have been in this illegal practice since 2005. He operated a makeshift hospital in Liverpool area of Apapa.

“We found a fake University of Ibadan MBBS certificate, a fake Dental and Medical Council of Nigeria certificate and a fake Corporate Affairs Commission certificate in his house.

“The professional bodies have been contacted by the police, and the suspect had been confirmed to be a fake medical practitioner.”

12 comments:

OMG..some people are wicked,when you know you are not a trained medical personnel and you have a hospital..i pray the hand of law deal with him,so that it will serve as lesson to other quack doctor in Nigeria.May her soul and the the baby REST IN PEACE..#GodSaveUsAll

Shortcut has landed you in bigger trouble, 11 years is more than enough for him to have acquired requisite medical education & certificate to practice as a Doctor but he chose otherwise to impersonate.